United States duo Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan finished ahead of compatriots Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson to take bronze in the women's alpine skiing combined downhill and slalom event on Tuesday.

By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Austria's Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won women's team combined Olympic gold on Tuesday as overwhelming U.S. favourites Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on the podium in a major shock.

Alpine skiing has been on the Winter Games calendar since the fourth edition of the event in Germany, with downhill becoming a staple in 1948 in Switzerland. The mesmerizing speeds and incredible skill that competitors show while zooming down the slopes.

Norway's Birk Ruud dethroned 2022 gold medalist Alex Hall to win the men's slopestyle in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Boise High grad Sammy Smith completed in her first Olympic race Tuesday, finishing 19th overall in the women’s cross country classic sprint in Tesero, Italy.

Skier Tallulah Proulx, 17, was raised in the U.S., but she's making Olympic history as the Philippines' first female, and youngest athlete in any Winter Games.

Norway's Anna Odine Stroem shocked favorite Nika Prevc to take gold in the individual normal hill competition on Saturday.

Slovenia won the gold medal in the mixed team ski jumping event at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Tuesday, led by siblings Nika and Domen Prevc, while Norway claimed silver and Japan took bronze.

The Polish ski federation has condemned online abuse directed at young ski jumper Pola Beltowska after the Olympic mixed team event on Tuesday night. Beltowska, 19, was abused after she managed only 82 metres as the first Polish jumper.

Ogden took silver in Tuesday's sprint event, winning the first U.S. men's cross-country skiing Olympic medal since Bill Koch in 1976.

By Marleen Kaesebier and Kurt Hall BORMIO, Italy, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Skier Issa Laborde is ready to make his Olympic debut for Kenya after his compatriot Sabrina Simader pulled out of her own races due to financial constraints.